Subvenciones para Capacitación en Primeros Auxilios en Salud Mental

Sec. 1001.203. GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID. (a) To the extent money is appropriated for the purpose, the commission shall make grants to local mental health authorities or local behavioral health authorities to provide at no cost an approved mental health first aid training program Statute text rendered on: 9/10/2024 - 5322 - HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE administered by mental health first aid trainers to the following individuals at the discretion of the authorities: (1) school district employees and school resource officers; (2) employees of: (A) an institution of higher education; (B) an open-enrollment charter school; or (C) a private school; (3) employees and contractors of a child-care facility; (4) youth; (5) individuals with direct and recurring contact with students; (6) first responders; (7) military service members, veterans, or immediate family members of military service members or veterans; (8) judges and attorneys, as applicable based on the practice of law of the judge or attorney; or (9) contractors of an institution of higher education, an open-enrollment charter school, a private school, or a school district. (c) The commission shall grant to a local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority the amount the commission determines necessary to cover the costs of training each individual described by Subsection (a) who successfully completes a mental health first aid training program provided by the authority